Traction & rolling stock news – Page 210
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NewsShunting locos designed for Africa
SOUTH AFRICA: Grindrod Locomotives has launched the GS7 shunting locomotive, which is being offered to African operators by the GPR leasing joint venture of Grindrod Freight Services and Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund through dry leasing packages. Two models have been developed. The 1067 mm gauge two-axle GS7S2C weighs 40 tonnes ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market October 2014
Argentina: The first an initial batch of 30 six-car 830 V DC third rail EMU cars being supplied by CSR for the Mitre commuter route arrived in Buenos Aires on September 6. Coal mining company YCRT has acquired 12 diesel locomotives from the Czech Republic for its 750 mm ...
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News10 expressions of interest in California high speed fleet
USA: By the ‘soft deadline’ of October 22, California High Speed Rail Authority had received 10 responses to its request for expressions of interest in a contract to supply trainsets and a maintenance facility. Responses were submitted by: Alstom Transportation;AnsaldoBreda;Bombardier Transit Corp;CSR Corp;Hyundai Rotem;Marnell Transportation;Kawasaki Rail Car;Siemens Industry;SunGroup USA & ...
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NewsGauge-changing Free Gauge Train on test in Kyushu
JAPAN: JR Kyushu and the Japan Railway Construction Transport & Technology Agency officially launched test running with the gauge-changing Free Gauge Train prototype in a ceremony at Yatsushiro on October 19. Designated Series 9000 by JR Kyushu, the four-car trainset is being tested between Kagoshima-Chuo and Shin-Yatsushiro on the 1 ...
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NewsFirst MTR Express inter-city Flirt on test
SWEDEN: Ahead of the launch of MTR Express Stockholm – Göteborg open access services in March 2015, guests including Railway Gazette joined MTR Nordic and Stadler staff on a test run of the operator’s first Flirt Intercity EMU in Switzerland on October 17. MTR Express is part of the Nordic ...
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NewsSerbian Railways and RZD sign route upgrade and DMU deals
SERBIA: Contracts for additional diesel multiple-units and the upgrading of three sections of Trans-European Corridor X were signed by Serbian Railways and the RZD International subsidiary of Russian Railways on October 16, during a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Serbia’s President Tomislav Nikolić. A US$100m ...
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NewsAAE and Knorr-Bremse announce service partnership
EUROPE: The RailServices division of Knorr-Bremse has agreed a deal to supply brake valves to the network of workshops which maintains wagons owned by leasing company AAE. Under the agreement announced on October 14, Knorr-Bremse will supply remanufactured components to the workshops on a just-in-time basis. ‘As we no ...
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NewsFirst customer for metre gauge Evolution
BRAZIL: GE Transportation has announced its first order for the Evolution ES43BBi, an eight-axle diesel locomotive with AC traction motors developed specifically for 1 000 mm gauge railways in Brazil. Paper manufacturer Klabin has ordered seven locomotives to be delivered at the start of 2016. The locomotives will be used ...
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NewsInternational interest in NSW train contract
AUSTRALIA: Seven companies or groups have expressed interest in a A$2·8bn contract to supply and maintain a fleet of electric multiple-units for NSW TrainLink Intercity services, New South Wales Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian has announced. They are: Alstom Transport Australia;Bombardier Transportation Australia;CAF;Downer EDI Rail and CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles;Hyundai ...
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NewsFirst Series H5 Shinkansen trainset arrives in Hokkaido
JAPAN: The first Series H5 trainset for the Hokkaido Shinkansen was delivered to the island on October 13. A welcoming ceremony was held at Haldane Harbour before the vehicles were transferred by road to JR Hokkaido’s Nanae depot. Built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Kobe, the trainset had been ...
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NewsConsortium agrees to buy Porterbrook
UK: The owners of rolling stock leasing company Porterbrook Rail Finance Ltd announced an agreement for the sale of their interests to an international consortium of investors on October 10. The transaction is expected to close by the end of October. Porterbrook owns and manages around 5 900 passenger ...
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NewsHigh-capacity wagons for Volkswagen's inbound logistics
EUROPE: Following successful trials with two prototypes, this month leasing company Touax Rail is to supply Volkswagen with the first series-built vehicles from an order for 300 high-capacity sliding-wall wagons. Volkswagen Logistics awarded Touax a contract in October 2013 for the development and lease of 300 twin-axle wagons, which were ...
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NewsZSSK seeks locomotives and coaches
SLOVAKIA: National passenger operator ZSSK has called separate tenders for the supply of multi-voltage electric locomotives and coaches. Six four-axle 6·0 MW electric locomotives with a maximum speed of 200 km/h are required to replace ageing Škoda Class 350 locomotives on EC and IC services on the Praha – ...
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NewsHitachi to build ScotRail EMUs
UK: Hitachi Rail Europe confirmed on October 9 that it has been selected as preferred bidder to supply and maintain a fleet of electric multiple-units for the next ScotRail franchise, which had been awarded to Abellio by Transport Scotland the previous day. Subject to the successful conclusion of negotiations, Hitachi ...
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NewsDB to close Eberswalde and Zwickau maintenance facilities
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn announced plans to close the DB Fahrzeuginstandhaltung rolling stock maintenance subsidiary’s Eberswalde and Zwickau sites on October 8. DB said there has been a significant reduction in wagon maintenance activities, as a result of fluctuations in the cyclical market and operators optimising their fleet planning to ...
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NewsKoleje Mazowieckie orders Newag EMUs to increase capacity
POLAND: Voivodship-owned operator Koleje Mazowieckie has selected Newag to supply 12 Impuls electric multiple-units between January and November 2015. European Union POIiŚ funding will cover 59% of the 257·3m złoty cost of the order. The five-car Impuls units will be 90·4 m long, enabling them to be operated in pairs ...
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NewsMAPNA to build diesel locos under licence
IRAN: Vossloh and MAPNA Group have reached a ‘long-term partnership’ agreement for the German firm’s G1206 four-axle multi-purpose diesel locomotive to be produced under licence in Iran. Imminent changes to European regulations will preclude future deliveries of the G1206 to customers in the EU, but Vossloh believes the design is ...
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NewsCalifornia begins high speed rolling stock procurement
USA: Expressions of interest are to be submitted to the California High Speed Rail Authority by October 22 from potential suppliers of high speed trainsets for the planned 836 km network that would link the San Francisco Bay Area with the Los Angeles basin by 2028. Issuing its call for ...
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NewsAlstom awarded ETCS Level 2 contracts
EUROPE: Alstom has announced contracts to supply ETCS onboard equipment to Belgium’s SNCB and Deutsche Bahn in Germany. The SNCB contract is worth €70m and covers the design, supply and maintenance for 10 years of Atlas 200 ETCS Level 2 onboard equipment for 449 trains of five types. Installation ...
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NewsClass 66 locos to get engine stop-start technology
UK: DB Schenker Rail UK is to fit Auto Engine Stop-Start technology supplied by ZTR to 90 of its Electro-Motive Diesel Class 66 locomotives by the end of 2015. Announcing the decision on October 1, the freight operator said trials undertaken since February had found that the amount of ...